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An Experienced Social Worker’s First Natural Disaster
…coming?” “How am I going to get to my methadone clinic?” “Do you know if there is power at my house?” “How long will the shelter be open?” Evacuees were…
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The Importance of Public Policy Advocacy for People in Recovery
…As part of consistent communication always follow-up, monitor and report progress to the group. Take Action. This is where all you’re planning comes into practice. Implement the actions you identified…
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Recovering the Person in Treatment
…and made more and more complex. However, complexity is not the same as depth or authenticity with respect to human being. Along with this increase in subjective complexification was a…
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Survivors of Sexual Abuse: A Personal Journey
…discuss her history of abuse; leaving five women to complete the 6-month program. During the first session general guidelines were delivered establishing a safe place which embraced confidentially, respect and…
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New Housing Venture in Suffolk County
…commitment to promoting community integration. Federation will open three 25-bed Transition to Community Residences (TCR’s) on the grounds of Pilgrim Psychiatric Center into which the last seventy-five residents of the…
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From the Publisher – Surviving Suicide: All Things Must Pass
…of the patient at all times. Even at night when the patients were all asleep, a staff member sat in a chair in the open doorway of the suicidal patient’s…
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The Spectrum of Healing: Housing, Recovery, Learning, Working
…Now a professional peer specialist, counselor and mentor at the Institute for Community Living, Myung says he relies on all the skills he learned at Community Access to help the…
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Mental Health Care Monitoring Teams
…reach out to the provider to encourage it to help the client solve the problem with Medicaid, and re-open lines of communication between Medicaid and providers in the community (clinics,…
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Older Consumers and the PROS Model: A Growing Challenge
…the diagnosis of serious mental illness, combined with substance abuse and chronic health conditions. The types of mental disorders most commonly afflicting older adults include anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, and dementia….
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Noted Panelists Discuss the Impact of Race and Racism on the Mental Health Professions and on the Therapeutic Alliance
…and anti-oppression community organizer; Billy Jones, MD, psychiatrist, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, New York Medical College and former Commissioner of the New York City Department of Mental Health; Julie List,…
